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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
4
Daily memorandum lists weekly produce and poultry auctions at Farmers' Co operative Association marts run by Henry Stephenson.
Meetings tonight at Oddfellows Hall Tinwald at seven feature a cantata for St Andrew's Sunday School Prize Fund with admission details not provided.
William Taylor Chapman aged 68 husband of Bridget Chapman died suddenly at his residence Ashway Dunback on June 17 his passing deeply mourned in the community.
The piece argues the transport strike is fading, leaving strikers in poverty and hunger. It notes mediation failed, calls for lesson learning, and questions if quelling unrest merely hides deeper discontent. It cites Gladstone era reforms and observes press views on rising popular power and socialism.
A wide-ranging column surveys Welsh urban overcrowding and slum conditions near Tonypandy, linking them to social unrest and industry’s impact on health. It also records Auckland and Wellington rate valuations, a Pacific wreck crew rescue story, local education grants, dairy profits, and assorted market notes and thefts abroad.
Tenders were received for the Methven courthouse project. Accepted: K Aitken and Son Methven £650. Declined: Joseph Kidd Riccarton £659 Pawson and Duff Methven £805. The Ashburton Municipal Grass Band held a social at Orange Hall with about 60 couples, Terris’s Band providing music. An official from the General Post Office visits Dunedin to arrange parcel post carriage of fish to country districts for lower prices. Muted by-laws seen by some motorists in Ashburton Borough. speeding and horn use remain dangers. Cycle riding on footpaths noted as nuisance. Dunedin and suburbs recorded lowest May death rate. totals and birth figures given. At Ashburton Magistrate's Court this morning, several were fined for unregistered dogs. costs listed. Attendance at school improving. truant charges withdrawn.
The North Canterbury Poultry Pigeon and Canary Club opened its annual show on Thursday. Ashburton exhibitors won prizes in Poultry including Silver Wyandotte entries by R D Johnston and BR C Johnston, Black Orpingtons by I Baker and E Baker, and Brown Leghorns by HB Parking. A large Canterbury mutton carcase is on view at J Smith jun butcher Alford Forest Road from Lagmhorn estate, shown for exhibition and weighing 278 lbs live, 196 lbs dead.
A list of travelers includes the Rev A H Hunt Timaru passenger, T B Mowatt Temuka passenger, Rev B S Gray Christchurch passenger, and Rev Father Leon Rangiora visiting Ashburton. Education Inspector S C Owen Hampstead School inspection bound for Christchurch, Captain Fullerton to New Zealand Cadets in Canada, and British Ambassador James Bryce with Mrs Bryce touring Lake Wakatipu en route to Christchurch. Bryce hopes to traverse Otira and Buller Gorges. three months needed to explore South Island.
The report notes clearing skies yesterday afternoon with a brief shower at the Domain weather station. A heavy gale on the East Coast is expected to delay shipping, as southerly winds strengthen to gale force with changeable, cool conditions and a very cold night ahead.
A local farmer fined at the Magistrate's Court for failing to register his dog argues it was forgetfulness. He urges County Council reminders by post and suggests a higher registration fee to curb useless mongrels harming sheep, noting farmers with many dogs could bear costs if linked to reducing animal waste and sheep losses.
At the Police Court two railway shunters David Hannibal Waldie and John Little were charged with stealing beer during transit from Mosgiel to Dunedin. A nose pipe and steam gauge tubes were allegedly removed from hogsheads, with one cask short by twenty gallons. Both men were convicted but sentences postponed pending probation report.
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